The Effects of GPS Carrier Phase Ambiguity Resolution on Jason-1 |
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| Authors: | YOKE T YOON STEVEN R NEREM MICHAEL M WATKINS BRUCE J HAINES GERHARD L KRUIZINGA |
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| Institution: | 1. Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) University of Colorado , Boulder, Colorado, USA;2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory CALTECH , Pasadena, California, USA |
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| Abstract: | We have used GPS carrier phase integer ambiguity resolution to investigate improvements in the orbit determination for the Jason-1 satellite altimeter mission. The technique has been implemented in the GIPSY orbit determination software developed by JPL. The radial accuracy of the Jason-1 orbits is already near 1 cm, and thus it is difficult to detect the improvements gained when the carrier phase ambiguities are resolved. Nevertheless, each of the metrics we use to evaluate the orbit accuracy (orbit overlaps, orbit comparisons, satellite laser ranging residuals, altimeter crossover residuals, orbit centering) show modest improvement when the ambiguities are resolved. We conservatively estimate the improvement in the radial orbit accuracy is at the 10–20% level. |
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| Keywords: | GPS ambiguity resolution orbit determination Jason-1 |
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